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novel
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: n?v??l, IPA(key): /?n?vl?/
- (US) enPR: näv??l, IPA(key): /?n?v?l/
- Hyphenation: novel
- Rhymes: -?v?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English novel, from Old French novel (“new, fresh, recent, recently made or done, strange, rare”) (modern nouvel, nouveau), from Latin novellus (“new, fresh, young, modern”), diminutive of novus (“new”). Doublet of nouveau.
Adjective
novel (comparative more novel, superlative most novel)
- Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:new
- Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
- Synonym: unusual
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Usage notes
- Said of ideas, ways, etc.
Derived terms
- novelly
Related terms
- novelty
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novella
Noun
novel (plural novels)
- A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.]
- (historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work. [from 16th c.]
- merry tales […] such as the old woman told of Psyche in Apuleius, Boccace novels, and the rest, quarum auditione pueri delectantur, senes narratione, which some delight to hear, some to tell, all are well pleased with.
Derived terms
- novelisation, novelization
- novelist
Descendants
- Scottish Gaelic: nobhail
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English novel, from Old French novelle, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.
Noun
novel (plural novels)
- (obsolete) A novelty; something new. [15th-18th c.]
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.
Noun
novel (plural novels)
- (classical studies, historical) A new legal constitution in ancient Rome. [from 17th c.]
Anagrams
- Loven, Venlo
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch novelle, from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novela and novelet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?nov?l]
- Hyphenation: no?vèl
Noun
novel (first-person possessive novelku, second-person possessive novelmu, third-person possessive novelnya)
- (literature) novel: a work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
- Synonym: roman
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “novel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English
Noun
novel
- Alternative form of navel
Old French
Alternative forms
- nuvel (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
From Latin novellus, from novus.
Adjective
novel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular novele)
- new
Declension
Antonyms
- viel, ancien
Related terms
- novele
- novelté
Descendants
- ? Middle English: novel
- English: novel
- Middle French: nouveau
- French: nouveau
- Norman: nouvieau
- Walloon: novea
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
- novelh
Etymology
From Latin novellus. Compare Old French novel.
Adjective
novel m (feminine singular novela, masculine plural novels, feminine plural novelas)
- new
Descendants
- Catalan: novell
- Occitan: novèl, novèu, navèth
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan novell, from Latin novellus. Doublet of novillo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /no?bel/, [no???el]
Adjective
novel (plural noveles)
- novel, new
Noun
novel m or f (plural noveles)
- newbie, green
Related terms
- nuevo
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modern
English
Etymology
From Middle French moderne, from Late Latin modernus; from Latin modo (“just now”), originally ablative of modus (“measure”); hence, by measure, "just now". See also mode.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?d(?)n/
- (General American) enPR: m?d??rn, IPA(key): /?m?d?n/
- Rhymes: -?d?(?)n
- Hyphenation: mod?ern
Adjective
modern (comparative moderner or more modern, superlative modernest or most modern)
- Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
- 2018, Timothy Snyder, "How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany?", The New York Times, June 14, 2018
- In fact, he had created the conditions for the great horror of modern times.
- 2018, Timothy Snyder, "How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany?", The New York Times, June 14, 2018
- (historical) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
Synonyms
- (pertaining to current or recent time): contemporary, current; see also Thesaurus:present
Antonyms
- (pertaining to current or recent time): ancient, dated, former, historical, old, old-fashioned
- (pertaining to the modern period): premodern
Derived terms
Related terms
- moderne
- Modernisme
- modernus
Translations
Noun
modern (plural moderns)
- Someone who lives in modern times.
- The only supernatural agents which can in any manner be allowed to us moderns, are ghosts; but of these I would advise an author to be extremely sparing.
- 1779, Edward Capell, John Collins, Notes and various readings to Shakespeare
- What the moderns could mean by their suppression of the final couplet's repeatings, cannot be conceiv'd […]
- 1930, G. K. Chesterton, The Resurrection of Rome
- They at least had the immense and mighty imagination of which I speak; they could unthink the past. They could uncreate the Fall. With a reverence which moderns might think impudence, they could uncreate the Creation.
- 1956, John Albert Wilson, The Culture of Ancient Egypt (page 144)
- Even though we moderns can never crawl inside the skin of the ancient and think and feel as he did […] we must as historians make the attempt.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “modern”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- modern at OneLook Dictionary Search
- modern in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "modern" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 208.
- modern in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- modern in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Morden, Redmon, morned, nerdom, normed, rodmen
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin modernus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /mo?d??n/
- (Central) IPA(key): /mu?d?rn/
Adjective
modern (feminine moderna, masculine plural moderns, feminine plural modernes)
- modern
Derived terms
Further reading
- “modern” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “modern” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “modern” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “modern” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French moderne, from Latin modernus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo??d?rn/
- Hyphenation: mo?dern
- Rhymes: -?rn
Adjective
modern (comparative moderner, superlative modernst)
- modern
- (historical, Protestantism) modernist
- Synonym: modernistisch
Inflection
Derived terms
- hypermodern
- moderniseren
- modernisme, modernist, moderniste
- moderniteit
- postmodern, postmodernisme, postmodernist, postmoderniste
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: modern
German
Etymology 1
From Moder (“moldiness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mo?d?n/
Verb
modern (weak, third-person singular present modert, past tense moderte, past participle gemodert, auxiliary haben)
- to rot, to molder
Conjugation
Etymology 2
From French moderne, from Latin modernus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo?d??n/
Adjective
modern (comparative moderner, superlative am modernsten)
- modern
- state-of-the-art
Declension
Derived terms
- Modernismus
Hungarian
Etymology
From English modern and German modern, from French moderne, from Medieval Latin modernus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mod?rn]
- Hyphenation: mo?dern
- Rhymes: -?rn
Adjective
modern (comparative modernebb, superlative legmodernebb)
- modern
- Synonym: korszer?
Declension
References
Further reading
- modern in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo?t?n/
Adjective
modern
- modern
Declension
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch modern, from Middle French moderne, from Latin modernus, from modo (“just now”), originally ablative of modus (“measure”); hence, by measure, "just now". Doublet of mode, model, modul, and modus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mo?d?r(??)n]
- Hyphenation: mo?dèrn
Adjective
modèrn
- modern.
- Synonyms: terbaru, mutakhir
Noun
modèrn (first-person possessive modernku, second-person possessive modernmu, third-person possessive modernnya)
- modern.
Alternative forms
- moden (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
- moderen (nonstandard Indonesian)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “modern” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Romanian
Etymology
From French moderne.
Adjective
modern m or n (feminine singular modern?, masculine plural moderni, feminine and neuter plural moderne)
- modern
Declension
Swedish
Etymology 1
From French moderne, from Late Latin modernus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
modern (comparative modernare, superlative modernast)
- modern; pertaining to current style
Declension
Related terms
- modernisera
- modernism
- modernistisk
Etymology 2
See the etymology of moder.
Noun
modern
- definite singular of moder
- definite singular of mor
Anagrams
- morden
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